The war for Kismayo has been fought mostly on the airwaves for the past month, and increasingly so in the past week. Some pro-government media was reporting that the allied forces had reached 50 KM near Kismayo 2 days ago. 4) For weeks, Shabab leaders have been “leaving Kismayo”, anti-Shabab sites tell us. UpdateSomali sites are reporting that there have been a flood of Shabab fighters reinforcing Kismayo from other regions. The above is an indicator that the Shabab don’t plan to retreat from Kismayo – at least not in the coming days.